{"id":11030,"date":"2025-10-14T17:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fmetu.org\/?p=11030"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:03:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:03:49","slug":"pakistan-police-raid-press-club-and-assault-media-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fmetu.org\/?p=11030","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan: Police raid press club and assault media workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11031\" src=\"http:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/police_raid_NPC_islamabad-300x242.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/police_raid_NPC_islamabad-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/police_raid_NPC_islamabad-1024x827.png 1024w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/police_raid_NPC_islamabad-768x620.png 768w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/police_raid_NPC_islamabad-400x323.png 400w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/police_raid_NPC_islamabad.png 1102w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Police allegedly assaulted multiple journalists and destroyed their equipment at the National Press Club in Islamabad on October 2. 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